DJ Wilma's Mind (18/06/2013)

I just want to talk quickly about life. I mean I can't believe Sjow beat him. Seriously though, I see so many people jumping into post secondary school with no real outlook for the future of their life. Having friends going into Art History, because it's interesting, just to finish and have no jobs out there, or going into a program they know they can get a job in, but hate it and therefore never finish.

Personally, I went into business, believing that I could find something within it that I enjoy and can relate to my passion for music. The problem is, I found I enjoy a few of the possible career, but finding a job relevant to them is almost impossible. I have never thought of how hard the job hunting process would be with trying to find an entry level position. It actually blew my mind. Even just trying to find a job, I'd actually be a brand whore though I hate it, but you need to start somewhere.

Out of all that I learned from school, I realised the best way to make it in the industry, is to do it on your own shoulders. I need to get cracking on marketing, on OMW Productions, and life itself!

Producing - The tale of two worlds

Being a DJ for over a year make me think I was due for a change, a change into producing. With this in mind, I figured with my vast knowledge in how music flows, and all the different dynamics I could just jump right into it. How I was so poorly mistaken.

After the great succession of my SC Mix, I felt it was time to make my own music. Spinning and mixing tracks is fun, but it just doesnt give me the fufillment that I feel producing to give. When I make a really good mix, people always say 2 things. Really nice mix man... and... Can I get the playlist? I hate that question. It's like, thanks for putting a ton of work in your mix, but all I really care about is supporting the artist. I feel like an advertisement on a website, it shows you something, but thats it. Very few people make it as DJ's that don't produce. So I jumped in.

I bought myself a midi-controller, got my hands on a legal copy of Ableton Live, and... nothing. It wasn't like I just got to making music, these programs have one hell of a learning curve. I had so many ideas playing in my head, but had no real way of translating them into this program. How the hell was I to make an epic wobble? I had clips I wanted to use, but how could I properly sample and manipulate them? It wasn't like sitting down to a piano and playing the keys you heard in your head, it was like openning the electrical box at your house as you were to setup solar panels, may think its a simple concept, but in application its much harder than it seems.

So now I am going to stop DJing, stop trying to fiddle with this program, and spend the next 2 weeks watching tutorials and running through them. I want to know this program like I know my brother, everything that works and doesn't. So wish me luck in the journey of accumulating knowledge, and hopefully I'll come out the other end a music producer.